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JOHN WILLIAM MENDEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 9, 1948 – February 13, 1969
Service recordJohn William Mendez, of Maywood, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 27
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Maywood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 27
- TERRY KENT JACKSONLance Corporal · February 13, 1969
- NORMAN A JENSENSergeant · February 13, 1969
- DONALD NEAL KENNONMajor · February 13, 1969
- ROGER CHARLES NESBITPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 25
- PHILIP ROBERT FRANKIEWICZCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 26
- BEDFORD MARK MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 28
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.